title: [From animal communication to the human language and cognition: evolution or revolution?].
abstract: The paper discusses the problem of language and cognitive specificity in humans as compared to other species. The main hypotheses of human evolution and the emergence of language seem to be well researched on genetic basis of higher functions. Cognitive abilities of other animals and their communication signals and the main views on basic principles of brain underlying these functions are described.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Chernigovskaia
mesh_terms: D000819:Animal Communication; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003071:Cognition; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language